Chapter 741: Preparing to Act

Qian Yuan said, almost wanting to cry but without tears, "Master, I am the Qian family's eldest son! If you use me to threaten the Qian family for money, even if you get the money, you won't get away either!"

"You've misunderstood! I'm not holding you hostage to extort money from the Qian family. I want you to help me steal the Qian family's vein's spiritual marrow!" Ye Liuyun explained.

"But the vein's spiritual marrow is guarded by the Qian family's strongmen; even I cannot approach it at will," Qian Yuan replied truthfully.

Ye Liuyun didn't even verify with him, and immediately began a Soul Search, probing the memories in his Sea of Consciousness.

The move frightened Qian Yuan so that his face turned ashen. He knew well that a Soul Search turns the searched person into a fool.

He even thought Ye Liuyun was going to cripple him.

But after Ye Liuyun gathered the information he wanted, he found that he hadn't become stupid.

"Master, what a marvelous Soul Searching Technique!" he flattered Ye Liuyun like a slave.

Ye Liuyun was also very satisfied with the effect of this Slave Seal.

"I understand your situation; from now on just do as I say. Now stand back in your original spot, continue to receive the illusion, and see this drama through."

After Qian Yuan stood back in his original position, the illusion he saw was somewhat different from that of the others.

He watched the others go through an auction.

In the Illusion Realm, they competed with Ye Liuyun for wealth, pulling out all the valuable items they carried to block him.

Outside the Illusion Realm, Ye Liuyun actually collected all their belongings.

Unfortunately, they ended up losing. They hadn't expected Ye Liuyun to carry so many Spirit Stones.

And their Spirit Stones and other supplies were all lost to Ye Liuyun, and the few of them slunk away in disgrace.

Qian Yuan followed them back to the teahouse.

Only after entering the teahouse did the illusion imposed by Wu Qingcheng, Su Miaoyin and the others finally disappear.

Now in their Sea of Consciousness, Ye Liuyun has already taken Wu Qingcheng and Su Miaoyin, even seizing the valuable items they carried.

The few of them were momentarily dejected. One of them said angrily, "I'll go home to fetch more Spirit Stones, then go find that kid! Maybe it's still in time!"

His words instantly lifted the spirits of the others.

Qian Yuan seized the moment and said, "Fine, I'll go back as well, then come find that kid to settle scores! Those few beauties shouldn't all be cheapened for that kid!"

So they agreed to each go back to raise money, then reconvene at the teahouse.

However, Qian Yuan's Qian family is relatively far from here; a round trip would take at least five or six days.

After parting, Qian Yuan left Yi Cheng directly. Once out of Yi Cheng, he boarded Ye Liuyun's warship and rushed toward the Qian family.

Ye Liuyun, with Wu Qingcheng and others, had already returned to the warship to wait for him. As soon as he arrived, the warship set sail toward the Qian family.

When Qian Yuan got onto the warship and saw all these people, he finally understood how they had been duped!

It turned out that everyone they had met was an actor arranged by Ye Liuyun!

"Master, you are truly brilliant!" he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Enough! I didn't expect that spendthrift, you're actually good at flattery!"

Ye Liuyun hadn't expected that the seemingly arrogant spendthrift could flatter without a hint of embarrassment.

"Make a replica of the spiritual marrow, matching it as closely as possible. We'll pull a switcheroo!"

Ye Liuyun assigned him a task.

"This… the replica probably won't fool anyone for long, right?" Qian Yuan asked doubtfully, "The guardian elder's realm is the Yin Yang Eightfold; can we deceive him?"

"We don't need to fool him for long; a short period will suffice!"

Ye Liuyun didn't reveal much of the plan, fearing it would cause resistance if he knew.

"Got it!" Qian Yuan replied, and went to get to work.

Bojiao was also reassigned to help. He is especially skilled in forging.

After the replica spiritual marrow was completed, Ye Liuyun repeatedly compared it with the original in Qian Yuan's Sea of Consciousness.

Satisfied, he had Tuozi set up a Formation outside, making the fake spiritual marrow emit abundant Qi, so it wouldn't be easily seen through.

With everything prepared, they were not far from the Qian family.

Ye Liuyun stored everyone around him into a Storage Ring, then had Du Yan lead the crew, steering the warship forward toward the prearranged rendezvous point.

Afterwards, he followed Qian Yuan, riding Qian Yuan's Flying Boat back to the Qian family.

Qian Yuan occasionally brought friends back, so it didn't attract much attention.

Thus, Ye Liuyun successfully infiltrated the Qian family.

"Tonight, find an excuse to enter the vein. I'll pose as your servant; you find me a servant's outfit. Then you distract the guardian elder of the spiritual marrow, and I'll swap the marrow."

"Um… will that work?" Qian Yuan was still a bit worried.

"First, let's see the situation. Tonight's main goal is reconnaissance; I also need to absorb some Qi to raise my realm," Ye Liuyun reassured him.

"Alright then!" Qian Yuan thought that scouting and absorbing some Qi was still doable.

So he went out directly to find suitable clothing for Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun's mouth curved slightly.

He was ready to act tonight!

Because in the past two days, he sensed the Nether Curse reacting again. The people from the Nether Hell must be after him again.

He didn't have time to delay any longer!

He had even prepared for a hard fight.

Soon after, Qian Yuan found a servant's outfit for him.

He changed into the clothes, prepared the fake spiritual marrow, and after night fell, followed Qian Yuan like a servant, hurrying toward the Spirit Stone vein.

The elders guarding the vein recognized Qian Yuan, assuming he was only there to take some Spirit Stones, and paid him no attention.

A few elders even greeted him, yet no one stopped him.

Ye Liuyun followed Qian Yuan and smoothly entered the vein passage.

In front of them were the entrances to multiple Mineral Vein passages.

"Mast—" Qian Yuan was just about to speak to Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun firmly used his Divine Sense to halt him.

"Use Divine Sense Transmission Voice, don't speak aloud to me!" Ye Liuyun reminded him, lest their conversation be overheard.

"Yes!" Qian Yuan also used his Divine Sense and replied to Ye Liuyun with a single word.

He was marked with a Slave Seal, and Ye Liuyun could instantly sense his thoughts.

"Master, should we first go see the spiritual marrow, or first absorb some spiritual energy?"

Qian Yuan, as Ye Liuyun's slave, could not sense Ye Liuyun's thoughts and did not know his plan.

"First absorb spiritual energy. But the closer to the spiritual marrow, the better!" Ye Liuyun ordered.